Quotes About Character

Hard to rouse and hard to restrain: that had been a constant trait in my character.

lo misterioso me inquieta siempre, es harto contrario a mi carácter, abierto hasta la imprudencia.

Jamás he conocido las pasiones más odiosas, nunca ha invadido mi corazón la envidia, la maldad, ni la venganza... en ocasiones la ira, pero no soy muy hábil y jamás guardo rencor.

La vertu ne nous coûte que par notre faute, et si nous voulions être toujours sages, rarement aurions-nous besoin d'être vertueux.

She looked powerful, Lina thought, even though she was very short.

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.

It was your inner spirit and not your outward appearance that mattered

There was no better way to read a man's character than to watch him play poker. Some played with the aim of holding on to what they had, others played to make a killing. For some it was gambling pure and simple, for others it was a game of skill involving small calculated risks. For some it was about numbers, for others it was about psychology.

a man is more of a man because of what he does not say than what he does say.

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life

When you're a story teller, you work out everything. You work out who these people are, what's going to be happening. The environment in which they live.

Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.

I have wisdom of a 60-year-old. Also it takes a lot for me to respect a person, so when a person has a body of work behind him, it draws my respect.

I can see the character in a photograph, in the way a guy stands or holds his hands, the way he buckles his belt. I fantasize a lot looking at photographs. I'm sure that doesn't work for many people.

Don't try to take on a new personality; it doesn't work.

honesty is hard work.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

Well you are a piece of work aren't you?